41st Annual NAACP Image Awards Nominations 2010; Airs February 26th On Fox

Television Categories

Outstanding Comedy Series

• “30 Rock” (NBC)
• “Everybody Hates Chris” (CW)
• “Glee” (FOX)
• “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)
• “Ugly Betty” (ABC)

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series

• Daryl “Chill” Mitchell – “Brothers” (FOX)
• Donald Faison – “Scrubs” (NBC)
• Dulé Hill – “Psych” (USA Network)
• LaVan Davis – “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)
• Tyler James Williams – “Everybody Hates Chris” (CW)

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series

• America Ferrera – “Ugly Betty” (ABC)
• Cassi Davis – “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)
• CCH Pounder – “Brothers” (FOX)
• Sherri Shepherd – “Sherri” (Lifetime)
• Tichina Arnold – “Everybody Hates Chris” (CW)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

• Lamman Rucker – “Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns” (TBS)
• Lance Gross – “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)
• Larenz Tate – “Rescue Me” (FX)
• Malcolm-Jamal Warner – “Sherri” (Lifetime)
• Tracy Morgan – “30 Rock” (NBC)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

• Ana Ortiz – “Ugly Betty” (ABC)
• Keshia Knight Pulliam – “Tyler Perry’s House of Payne” (TBS)
• Tisha Campbell-Martin – “Rita Rocks” (Lifetime)
• Vanessa Williams – “Ugly Betty” (ABC)
• Wendy Raquel Robinson – “The Game” (CW)

Outstanding Drama Series

• “Cold Case” (CBS)
• “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
• “HawthoRNe” (TNT)
• “Lincoln Heights” (ABC Family)
• “The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency” (HBO)

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series

• Anthony Anderson – “Law & Order” (NBC)
• Hill Harper – “CSI: NY” (CBS)
• LL Cool J – “NCIS: Los Angeles” (CBS)
• Laurence Fishburne – “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” (CBS)
• Taye Diggs – “Private Practice” (ABC)

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series

• Chandra Wilson – “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
• Jada Pinkett Smith – “HawthoRNe” (TNT)
• Jill Scott – “The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency” (HBO)
• Regina King – “Southland” (NBC)
• Sandra Oh – “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

• Corey Reynolds – “The Closer” (TNT)
• Delroy Lindo – “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (NBC)
• James Pickens, Jr. – “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC)
• Mekhi Phifer – “Lie To Me” (FOX)
• Rocky Carroll – “NCIS” (CBS)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

• Anika Noni Rose – “The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency” (HBO)
• Audra McDonald – “Private Practice” (ABC)
• Gabrielle Union – “Flash Forward” (ABC)
• Jurnee Smollett – “Friday Night Lights” (NBC)
• S. Epatha Merkerson – “Law & Order” (NBC)

Outstanding News/ Information – (Series or Special)

• “Anderson Cooper 360: President Obama’s African Journey” (CNN)
• “CNN Presents: Reclaiming the Dream 2″ (CNN)
• “The Inauguration of Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States” (BET)
• “Judge Mathis” (Syndicated)
• “Leading Women: India.Arie, Dr. Maya Angelou” (Centric)

Outstanding Talk Series

• “Lopez Tonight” (TBS)
• “The Mo’Nique Show” (BET)
• “The Tyra Banks Show” (CW)
• “The View” (ABC)
• “The Wanda Sykes Show” (FOX)

Outstanding Reality Series

• “American Idol 8″ (FOX)
• “America’s Next Top Model” (CW)
• “Dancing With the Stars” (ABC)
• “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” (ABC)
• “Real Housewives of Atlanta” (Bravo)

Outstanding Variety – (Series or Special)

• “BET Awards 2009″ (BET)
• “Bill Cosby: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor” (PBS)
• “The Michael Jackson Memorial: Celebrating the Life of Michael Jackson”
  (ABC, BET, CNN, MTV, NBC)
• “Wanda Sykes: I’ma Be Me” (HBO)
• “We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial” (HBO)

Outstanding Children’s Program

• “The Backyardigans” (Nickelodeon)
• “Dora The Explorer” (Nickelodeon)
• “Go, Diego, Go” (Nickelodeon)
• “True Jackson, VP” (Nickelodeon)
• “Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie” (Disney Channel)

Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children’s
Program – (Series or Special)

• Caitlin Sanchez – “Dora the Explorer” (Nickelodeon)
• Keke Palmer – “True Jackson, VP” (Nickelodeon)
• LaShawn Jeffries – “The Backyardigans” (Nickelodeon)
• Nick Cannon – “TeenNick HALO Awards” (TeenNick)
• Selena Gomez – “Wizards of Waverly Place” (Disney Channel)